Auction #10: The Short Chain of Memory

November 10th, 2009

Heidi by Sarah B. EvansHeidi
by Sarah B. Evans

Glass beads and chain on braided black cords.

Based On:
“The Long and Short of Short-Term Memory” by Cecil Castellucci

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As a student surrounded by people like Heidi everyday, she felt to me like a very real character who really deserved to be canonized in beads. The braided cord I used was for her particular hairstyle, which added quirk to her character and, I think, to the choker. The more colorful glass beads dotting the piece are for her memories, the things she so valued and that ultimately undid her: they’re colorful, vivid, and the faceted, chunky shapes of the glass were something I like here as not only a contrast to the darkness of the necklace, but to represent bits, fragments, of memory. The silver chain is for pretty, and in places, to represent Heidi’s memories tied to her mind, unable to forget anything. And the bit of frayed cord in the center is to represent the surgery, the severing of her hippocampus.

Sarah B. Evans

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2 Responses to “Auction #10: The Short Chain of Memory”

  1. Chandra Peltier on November 15, 2009 4:06 pm

    This is lovely, and I can see it pairing well with jeans or something dressier.

  2. cecil on November 17, 2009 1:32 am

    I am in love with this necklace. Thank you Sarah, for making such a great piece about Heidi.

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